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Was the budget really 'morally bankrupt'? 'Partying like it's 2006'?
Will the electorate be grateful for budget 2025?
Where was the long-term strategy and/or vision?
So little for Irish businesses, particularly indigenou…
1 year, 10 months ago
Budget 2025 - the big questions: Democracy or totalitarianism? Which is better at building houses?
As we approach Budget 2025, we reflect on the usual leaked measures and suggest we are just children looking for the keys to the sweet shop. And yet …
1 year, 10 months ago
A central banker urges government to spend. That's a sentence we never thought we would write
A prominent ex central banker has suggested that Ireland should spend the money: it's time, he says, for 'Jam today'. That's our interpretation, at l…
1 year, 10 months ago
Europe's manufacturing slowdown threatens recession and promises lower interest rates
There is a building slowdown in global manufacturing that is starting to look serious. This is a Chinese problem that is fast becoming a major issue …
1 year, 10 months ago
House prices go boom. So does the Federal Reserve - Trump will go nuts
The US central bank goes large and delivers a big interest rate cut. Thereby admitting it should have cut sooner.
The Irish property market moves into…
1 year, 10 months ago
Apple tax hysteria - it's getting very silly.
What is the right level of interest rates? While discussion of 'R-star' might seem esoteric, they do say one important thing: Euro interest rates are…
1 year, 10 months ago
Draghi to Brussels: do whatever it takes or the EU is toast. Irish inflation, American debt and the mystery of still too high Euro interest rates.
Irish inflation this week confirmed that the economy is showing few, if any, obvious signs of overheating. Prices are still going. up but at their sl…
1 year, 10 months ago
A podcast for petrol-heads. Life in the fast lane: the business of motor racing. And a young person's perspective on Ireland.
In this podcast special Jim talks with Alex Denning, a 25 year old racing superstar.
The business of modern racing is all about money, contacts and dr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Apple taxes. Windfall taxes. A podcast special
To the surprise of many observers, Europe's top court has told Apple it must pay Ireland €13.1 billion in back taxes.
In a case that dates back to 201…
1 year, 11 months ago
'Europe faces an existential crisis'. According to Mario Draghi, at least.....He's right.
Latest jobs numbers from the US point to a weakening economy. Interest rate cuts are on the way. The only question is, 'how big?'
European elites are …
1 year, 11 months ago